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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 94 07:56:03 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #143
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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 31 Oct 94       Volume 12 : Issue 143

Today's Topics:

      [*] A cookie command for the nShell
      [*] All JPEG a PICT to JPEG batch compresser
      [*] All MIDI 1.1.1; a MIDI to QT music converter.
      [*] AutoCat 1.0.1; a floppy catalogue utility
      [*] Big Dreams 1/5; a newsletter
      [*] Carpetbag 1.4.3 (utility for fonts, FKEYs etc.)
      [*] CD Coyote 2.0; access to audio CD information
      [*] Chuck's Printer Driver 1.3.0; for Epson compatible pin printers
      [*] ChunkJoiner 1.2.1; concatenates files
      [*] clipfolio102; a clipboard utility
      [*] DiskLocker 1.2; a security utility
      [*] DreamLight Halloween Card
      [*] Drop*PS 1.1.3; a PostSrcipt spooler
      [*] E-Mail-GAW-v.1.0; an email package
      [*] eXpress100; anywhere access to the Process menu
      [*] Eye Candy Textures v1; some desktop patterns
      [*] FontScan 1.1 (a font printing utility)
      [*] Football; a picture
      [*] FreeRAM1.3.1; displays available RAM
      [*] LEU 11/94; Lowe End User magazine
      [*] MacAssist - Live Assist Digital Audio Software
      [*] Mac Rogue 2.0; a game
      [*] MacSPD3.4; ray tracing utilities
      [*] MailConverter 1.7.1; a utility for creating SMTP mailboxes
      [*] Matrix Master 1.2.3; a simple matrix manipulator
      [*] Mouse-N-Math educational program for grades K-2
      [*] Name Generator -- A game utility to generate random names
      [*] OptiMem 156g Demo.sit (New October 1994 update.)
      [*] Picture of a graveyard scene with a ghost (floating head)
      [*] PspiceShell; a shell for EE utility Pspice
      [*] Realmz 1.5.1 => 1.5.2; an adventure game
      [*] RootLocus Calculator belongs @ science/engineering.
      [*] scripture-memory-13-hc; for memorizing Scripture verses
      [*] Shakespeare Stack - Henry VI Part I
      [*] show1.02; a previews manager
      [*] Simpsons sounds
      [*] SoftwareFPU 3.02; emulates a Floating Point Unit
      [*] Synchronize! 3.2.6; a file synchronization utility
      [*] TacOps_Game_Update_0.0.1
      [*] Teacher's Grading Program II 1.33
      [*] Text Editor Patches 1.5; extra features for some editors
      [*] TidBITS#250/31-Oct-94
      [*] Timer 2 update; a TIME CLOCK ALARM UTILITY
      [*] Translations available through DataViz MaclinkPC v. 8
      [*] U-Tile+ 3-beta-1, a text- and list-editor
      [*] UltraShell is a utility that offers a command-line interface
      (Q) The elusive functional Lime demo
      [A] Floppy disk label removal
      [comp.sys.mac.digest] 100 new f
      [Q] Epson MX-80 Printer
      [Q] Some Sort of Post-It Note Shareware?
      Any PostScript wizards out there?
      Apollo 1.0 problems
      AppleScript help sought
      AppleShare/ARA/Autoconnect (again) [Q]
      Check Mag Number Readers (Q)
      ClarisWorks Filing Module Boxes Solution
      ColorIndicators
      DeskTop Rebuild Fails (C)
      Disk label removal & APC UPS use in Philippines
      Disk Label Removal (A)
      EasyPlay Quicktime Viewer - where can I find it?
      Express Fax & Powertalk
      grep wanted
      HTML to recognizable graphics format converter (Q)
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #142
      MacPPP Problems
      Mac security software?
      Megascreen update?
      modems and WWW
      Modems and WWW (A)
      NFS Mounting from the Mac (A)
      Pagemaker - Problems with Importing graphs from Cricket Graph for a
      Poster (Q)
      Powerbook 520c Utilities (Questions)
      PPP and Linelink (2 msgs)
      Quadra 840 AV without sound ?
      QuickDrawGX and Printing Problems ...
      re Disk Label Removal (Q)
      REQUEST: Terminal emulation program for Newton
      UUTool & 7.5
      X-bar font

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 17:02:40 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] A cookie command for the nShell

Hi,

This is a version of the Un*x cookie command for the nShell.  Features:

 -- Cookies are STR resources and may be changed using ResEdit

 -- Source Code is included

Jim O'Hearn ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/cookie-nshell.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 13:18:31 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] All JPEG a PICT to JPEG batch compresser

All JPEG 1.0 941028
Copyright(c)1994 Paul C.H. Ho and Pink Elephant Technologies. All rights
reserved.
This is Freeware.

All JPEG convert PICT files to QuickTime Photo-JPEG PICT.
+ Hold down option key before each convert to access the Standard
Compression dialog.
(You can use other codec or compression setting etc.)
+ It's fat! Accelerated for PowerMacintosh. Running native on both 68K and
PPC.

System Requirements
+ System 7 or later.
+ QuickTime 1.6.1 or later.

Special Thanks to:
Leonard Rosenthol, Marshall Clow, and Stephan Somogyi for DropShell 2.0.

Internet:
 [e-mail]
 [e-mail]
CompuServe:
 74020,772

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/all-jpeg-10.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 13:18:54 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] All MIDI 1.1.1; a MIDI to QT music converter.

All Midi 1.1.1 941028
Copyright(c)1994 Paul C.H. Ho and Pink Elephant Technologies. All rights
reserved.
This is Freeware.

The fastest way to convert MIDI files to QuickTime 2.0 Movies. No need to
change
file type and press all those "Convert..." and "Options..." button, just
drag and
drop!

What's new in 1.1.1?
+ It's fat! Accelerated for PowerMacintosh. Running native on both 68K and
PPC.
+ Won't overwrite existing file. (Yes 1.0 overwrite the "to file" if it
exist!)
+ Won't try to access busy file.
+ Bigger icon mask. (some user complain they miss the drop. :-)
May have to rebuilt desktop or use one of those bundle fixer to see the new
icon.
+ Use Movie Toolbox's default progress function.

All Midi convert general MIDI files to QuickTime music movies.
+ Batch processing: Drag and drop files or folder to the All Midi Icon for
automatic convert.
+ Identify Midi file by content: You can drop a Midi file with any file
type/creator/extension. All Midi will convert Midi files base on its
content, and
ignore non-midi files. No need to change file type.
( It look for 'MThd' in the first 4 bytes, and yes you can fake it... but
why? )
+ Hold down option key before each convert to access the Rearrange MIDI
Instruments dialog.
+ You can play the converted movie with my shareware program  QuickMovie or
any
other QuickTime movie player under QT 2.0.  QuickMovie allow you to
rearrange
MIDI instruments after convert.

System Requirements
+ System 7 or later.
+ QuickTime 2.0 or later.

Special Thanks to:
Leonard Rosenthol, Marshall Clow, and Stephan Somogyi for DropShell 2.0.
Robert E. Evans for beta testing.

Internet:
 [e-mail]
 [e-mail]
CompuServe:
 74020,772

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/all-midi-111.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 94 14:29:06 -0400
From: olivier lebra <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AutoCat 1.0.1; a floppy catalogue utility

AutoCat is a control panel that automatically catalogs your
floppy disks when they are ejected. With AutoCat, you only have
to write the name of your disks on their label. To find a file,
you can uses the "Find..." command from the Finder as if your
file was on your hard disk.

Version 1.0.1
- bug fixed : AutoCat did not release into the heap all storage
allocated

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/auto-cat-101.hqx; 45K]

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 20:50:44 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Duncan Stickings)
Subject: [*] Big Dreams 1/5; a newsletter

Here is issue 5 of Big Dreams.  It is a newsletter on personal
development and business topics.  It is in postcard format.

    Note that this is also available in WWW format at
    http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans

[Archived as /info-mac/per/bigd/big-dreams-v1-05-pc.hqx; 187K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 14:09:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Walker <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Carpetbag 1.4.3 (utility for fonts, FKEYs etc.)

Carpetbag 1.4.3 control panel

Carpetbag is a shareware ($5) control panel extension that makes resources
such as fonts, sounds, FKEYs, and keyboard layouts available to your
programs without installing the resources in the System file.  You specify
certain folders, and Carpetbag opens all resource files therein at boot
time.  It works under System 6, but is smarter about keeping track of
folders under System 7.  It should even be able to use a folder on a remote
Appleshare volume.

Includes Laser Path 1.5, which activates PostScript fonts in a folder that
need not be on your startup disk.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/carpetbag-143.hqx; 88K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 16:34:57 +0200 (EET)
From: Esa Ristil{ <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CD Coyote 2.0; access to audio CD information

CD Coyote 2.0 finally out!

CD Coyote is a program for CD-ROM drive users who listen to audio CD's
and have written disc information to CD Remote DA or AppleCD Audio
Player.

New features in CD Coyote 2.0 include:

    * Ability to edit all disc titles and track names without inserting
      the CD to the CD-ROM drive.
    * Ability to merge many 'CD Remote Prefs' files to one.
    * New user interface.
    * Saving list to a TEXT file has new option.  It is now possible to
      use any character as delimiter between the fields.

Available also at my Mac page: http://www.uta.fi/~eesau/macintosh.html

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/cd-coyote-20.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 14:31:19 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Chuck's Printer Driver 1.3.0; for Epson compatible pin printers

The following is the latest version (1.3.0) of Chuck's Printer Driver.
A printer driver for Epson compatible 9-pin and 24-pin printers (and
configurable for most dot matrix printers) and now HP Laser Jet compatible
printers too!!!!  Just drop the driver and the spooler application into
your system folder!

It fixes a few bugs:
    * problem while doing print dialog with some applications
    * problem with dialog help
    * and many other bugs with different applications

And has new features:
    * all NEW COLOR support!!!!!
    * support for LaserJet Printers!!!!!
    * new cool looking dialogs!!!!
    * spiffy status display in the spooler application!!
    * scaling
    * horizontal and vertical flipping
    * spooled text printing

    - Charles Rentmeesters
      [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/chucks-printer-driver-130.hqx; 98K]

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 15:43:05 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Fabrizio Oddone)
Subject: [*] ChunkJoiner 1.2.1; concatenates files

ChunkJoiner is a shareware utility that lets you join (concatenate)
any group of files in a single piece.
Select the files you want to join, and drag&drop them onto ChunkJoiner.

You can skip the data up to and including a configurable text string,
and/or skip the data beyond and including another configurable text string,
within each chunk going to be joined.
This is useful whenever you receive long enclosures and your e-mail gateway
splits the messages in several chunks.

You can build digests by adding header, separators, and footer.

ChunkJoiner works on any Macintosh, but it
**requires** System 7 or later.

New since version 1.2:
Fixed the user interface in the search&insert strings dialogs.

New since version 1.1.1:
"Fat" application;
can join in reverse order;
can insert header, separators, and footer.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/chunk-joiner-121.hqx; 50K]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 94 19:52:55 -0800
From: "Eric Stadtherr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] clipfolio102; a clipboard utility

    Clipfolio watches your work and every time you cut or copy
information to the clipboard, Clipfolio copies that information.  Your
information is saved and you can come back later to use it over and
over while you continue copying new stuff (which is also being saved).
Clipfolio will save up to 20 of your most recent cuts or copies.
Automatically!

    When you want to access something that Clipfolio has saved,
simply bring up Clipfolio's window and select the desired item.  It
will be put back on the clipboard in its original form!

Designed and written by Eric Stadtherr and Eric Roccasecca.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/clipfolio-102.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 94 14:30:30 -0400
From: olivier lebra <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DiskLocker 1.2; a security utility

DiskLocker is a security utility. It allows you to lock and
unlock a volume (floppy disks, SysQuest cartdriges,...) easily.
When a disk is locked, it can not be changed, no files can be
modified or thrown away, but you can ever read from the disk.
You can attach a password with each disk you lock. Of course,
this password will be necessary to unlock the disk.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-locker-12.hqx; 143K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 16:26:57 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michael Scaramozzino/DreamLight Incorporated)
Subject: [*] DreamLight Halloween Card

I would like to submit our 3D Interactive Multimedia Halloween card.

It is Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/dreamlight-halloween-card.hqx; 1678K]

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 19:32:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Bare Bones Software)
Subject: [*] Drop*PS 1.1.3; a PostSrcipt spooler

The attached StuffIt Deluxe archive contains version 1.1.3 of Drop*PS,
the PostScript(tm) file downloader from Bare Bones Software.  This
updated version corrects a bug which would render Drop*PS unable to
see network printers on multi-zone networks.

Drop*PS provides the ability to download PostScript or EPS files to
any network-connected PostScript printer. It features the ability to
do so in the background, and features several configuration options so
that multiple copies of Drop*PS can be used as "drop boxes" to
download to multiple printers. Drop*PS requires System 7.0 or later.

Drop*PS is freeware, from the makers of BBEdit, BBEdit Lite, and
Convert*Projects. It is also available immediately for anonymous FTP
>From ftp.netcom.com, in /pub/bbsw, and from ftp.std.com, in
/pub/bbedit.

Bare Bones Software, Inc.                          Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/drop-ps-113.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:43:10 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Venanzio Jelenic)
Subject: [*] E-Mail-GAW-v.1.0; an email package

Please find attached the file : "E-Mail-GAW-v.1.0.sit"
Another in the (GAW) "Group-A-Ware"(copyright) software line from SimulNet
Learning Concepts.

Like all our other software, this is a complete and fully functional demo.
It is only limited in the fact that it allows for THREE users ONLY to use
the system at any one time.  Full registration will allow for unlimited
numbers of users at very low cost. (please see licencing info included in
the docs...)  This demo will, though, allow you to delete and replace any
of the three users at any time, so it may be fully useful to some in this
form, although cumbersome for a multi-user site.

E-Mail-GAW is a simple email program.
You are a classroom teacher/trainer, and your school is starting to think
about linking up to the internet, or bulletin board systems.  How can you
get the students, and teachers, started until you have the phone lines,
modems, and the bulletin boards in place (not to mention the funding ?).

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/e-mail-gaw-10-hc.hqx; 313K]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 12:38:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Maas)
Subject: [*] eXpress100; anywhere access to the Process menu

     eXpress is an application that installs some code which allows you to
access the Process menu (the one on the far right side of the menu bar in
System 7.x) from anywhere on the screen. After using System 7 for a while, I
got sick and tired of running the cursor to the menu bar to change to a process
that didn't have a visible window to click in. Because of this, I wrote
eXpress. If you want to know the nitty gritty of eXpress, see the Program Code
Overview at the end of this file.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/express-100.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 18:08:48 -0500
From: ryan feeley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Eye Candy Textures v1; some desktop patterns

Rivalling some of the world's finest texture-art is "Eye Candy v1" from
the mind and mac of Ryan Feeley.

Take a journey into these wonderful textures (which are used with the
Desktop Textures Shareware Texture Installer 2.1) as they span the creative
history of one of earth's most amazing guys, me.

See why Ryan's parents are so gald they shelled out three grand for this
wonderful pizza box known as the LCIII.

Compliments and scathing personals attacks can be made to:

[e-mail]

Make you mac a beautiful thing.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/eye-candy-textures-grp1.hqx; 1426K]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 94 11:17:21 PST
From: [e-mail] (Peter Welch)
Subject: [*] FontScan 1.1 (a font printing utility)

No more trying to remember what your fonts look like!  FontScan 1.1
will display and print any font or combination of fonts, whether
they be installed in your system folder or in loose suitcases.
Works with any bit-mapped, TrueType or PostScript Type I fonts and
is completely compatible with the Adobe Type Manager (ATM).  User
can configure text used to display and print the fonts.

[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-scan-11.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 18:06:09 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Pedro Terroba Jr.)
Subject: [*] Football; a picture

This is a nice picuture of footballs players diving in the sky to catch a
football.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/football-catch.hqx; 477K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 21:24:32 -0700 (MST)
From: "Felix E. Tilley Jr." <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FreeRAM1.3.1; displays available RAM

This is FreeRAM1.3.1 for the Macintosh by Charles Marlowe.

This is shareware, not freeware.

This utility will put a very small window on your monitor,
displaying the amount of available memory.  I, Felix Tilley,
am the author of MacFreeMem which does much the same, but this
utility is more elegant than mine.

When you decompress it, there is a README file which will explain
how to use it (I suggest placing it in the Startup Items folder).

It requires System 7.

Uploaded by Felix Tilley ([e-mail]), Tucson, Arizona
with the permission of the author, Charles Marlowe
([e-mail]), Sierra Vista, Arizona.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/free-ram-31.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 17:01:57 -0500 (EST)
From: "Barbara A. Bender" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LEU 11/94; Lowe End User magazine

The 11/94 issue of the Low-End User EMagazine is distributed in DOCMaker
format, a standalone application with excellent hypertext functions.
Columns: This month's columns include Souping the SE (advice on upgrading
and enhancing a SE), a hard look at Apple's eWorld, and a report from Dennis.
Articles: Compression Revisted, The Other Mac World (a look at Macs in the
Caribbean), and an in depth look at viruses.
Reviews: SoundsHelper, MugMaker, ShrinkWrap, and DeBabelizer Lite.
PCP Review: SaintEdit
PR: Barney Blaster 2.0, GM Screen 1.1m GM Screen 2.0c, SpaceSaver 3.5,
Stuffit Deluxe 3.5.
Other Features: News&Rumors, Tips&Advice, Problems & Bug Reports, Great
Deals, Questions & Answers and more.
The LEU loves to travel, so pass it around. This is the Thanksgiving issue
(for those who accept this holiday), but it is no turkey (sorry about that).
-The LEU staff.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/leu/low-end-user-94-11.hqx; 86K]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 12:37:23 -0600
From: [e-mail] (William K Fry)
Subject: [*] MacAssist - Live Assist Digital Audio Software

MacAssist is a programming project I decided to undertake near the end of
Spring 1994 to perform the sequencing needed for "Live Assist" radio.

MacAssist allows the user to select items to be played (AIFF files in this
version) from a specific group of folders set up ahead of time.  This way the
user doesn't need to navigate through folders to get to the items they want to
play; only folders of interest are displayed.  Items may then be played
immediately, assigned to one of four hot keys (played when the button is
pressed) or added to a play list.  The play list is a queue of items to be
played sequentially.  Once you start the queue playing, the software takes care
of seguing from one item to the next; just sit back and watch the queue timer
count down.  For each item the user can define default times for overlapping
between the previous and next item.  Breaks can also be added to the queue to
stop the sequence between items.  Play lists can be saved and loaded again
later.  The number of items that can be playing simultaneously is limited by
processor load, hard drive speed and memory available.  MacAssist has no
problem running in the background.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/mac-assist.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:01:40 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Marco Pontil)
Subject: [*] Mac Rogue 2.0; a game

This is the 2.0 relase of MacRogue. MacRogue is the porting
in the Mac environment of the unix game Rogue. Since this
is one of the programs I wrote to learn how to program a Mac
don't expect too much. But someone liked it so perhaps you
will like it too. Please respect the honourware conditions,
few dollars can give a lot of happyness.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-rogue-20.hqx; 787K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Eduard Schwan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacSPD3.4; ray tracing utilities

TITLE: Macintosh Standard Procedural Database (SPD)
DESC: Version 3.4, 10/29/94, by Eric Haines.
A public domain suite of ray tracing scene generator applications that
create benchmark scenes to test accuracy and robustness of many aspects
of ray tracing.  Can output scene source files for any of the following
raytracers: MTV (NFF), POV-Ray 1.0 and 2.0, Polyray 1.4 to 1.7,
Vivid 2.0, QRT 1.5, Rayshade 4.0.6, RTrace 8.0.0, Art 2.3, Renderman
(RIB), and AutoCAD DXF. This archive contains the Mac applications, and
full C source for MSDOS, Mac, Unix. Uploaded by Eduard Schwan with
permission from Author.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/mac-spd-34.hqx; 970K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:28:09 -0400
From: Richard Shapiro <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MailConverter 1.7.1; a utility for creating SMTP mailboxes

MailConverter, a utility for creating Eudora-compatible mailboxes from
disparate sources, including mail files and news files in most popular
formats.

New in 1.7

1. Mailbox windows, which allow convenient appending to existing Eudora
mailboxes, either with drag+drop or by conventional file selection.

2. Remote drag+drop file conversion, via Anarchie.

3. New command, Tag File as Mailbox, which will set the type and creator of
a file that's already in Eudora-compatible format (also available by
dragging onto the icon).

4. For 7.5 users: changed the behavior of file dialogs so that it's no
longer dependent on the Documents setting in the General Control panel.

5. Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause the preferences file to grow
after each run (users of earlier versions might want to trash their old
MailConverter Preferences if this file seems unusually large).

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/mail-converter-171.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 11:29:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Stephen C. Roderick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Matrix Master 1.2.3; a simple matrix manipulator

This program is a simple matrix manipulator. It is intended for use in
Linear Algebra courses. Matrix Master's greatest feature is that it works
with rational numbers (just like the textbooks!) This makes it easy to
reduce a matrix with row operations. Matrix Master can be used to step
through solutions to textbook problems without having to do the basic math
by hand.

Matrix Master handles the following matrix operations:

Row reduction, Determinant, Rank, Transpose, Inverse, Matrix of Cofactors,
Adjoint Matrix, Upper Triangular form, Row Echelon form, and
Solving for multiple solutions

Matrix Master (c) Copyright 1991-1994
by Stephen C. Roderick IV.

All Rights Reserved.

Matrix Master is free for non commercial public distribution. This software
may not be sold or distributed for profit, or included with other software
or hardware which is sold or distributed for profit, without the express
written permission of the author. Permission is granted for inclusion on
the Info-mac CD-ROM.

Version 1.2.3
    - Fixed bug where negative rational numbers were converted incorrectly.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/matrix-master-123.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 12:59:10 -0500
From: Ken Blystone <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mouse-N-Math educational program for grades K-2

Teaches children how to use a mouse by controlling
color math manipulatives on screen.  Program
encourages active teacher participation while children
are using the program.  Requires Color Macintosh LC+.

Mouse-N-Math  Version 1 (Demo) Shareware by Ken Blystone

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mouse-n-math-1-demo.hqx; 342K]

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 10:23:58 +0800
From: TIM NORTH <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Name Generator -- A game utility to generate random names

Name Generator 1.0 is a quick hack that generates a screenful of
randomly generated names that can be used in your next role-playing
campaign or in that book you've been meaning to write.

It's free, but not public domain. It may not be used for any commercial
purposes. Share and Enjoy.

Cheers,
Tim North.
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/name-generator.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 94 22:49:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Lawrence Wechsler <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] OptiMem 156g Demo.sit (New October 1994 update.)

Keywords: OptiMem Software Memory Upgrade Optimization Utility Control Panel
Macintosh Jump

Description:
OptiMem is system enhancement software that makes a fundamental breakthrough in
the way your Mac uses memory. When OptiMized, programs only use memory where
and
when they need it. So, large amounts are no longer wasted in every open
application. Yet, they have access to all the free memory in the machine,
without closing or quitting.
This fully functional demo of OptiMem v1.5.6g operates for 24 hours after
installation. Complete documentation is included.

Requirement: Any Mac Running System 7

Contact:
Jump Development Group
InterNet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/opti-mem-156g-demo.hqx; 471K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 11:22:52 -0500
From: andrew manteuffel <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Picture of a graveyard scene with a ghost (floating head)

This is a graphic that I created using Photoshop.  It's a graveyard scene
with a ghost (floating head).  It can be used as a startup screen or
some other way.  Virus Free via Disinfectant!  I hope this works, I've
never done this before.  Let me know if it doesn't.

Andrew
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/graveyard-ghost.hqx; 67K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 20:18:37 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mik Kim)
Subject: [*] PspiceShell; a shell for EE utility Pspice

Following is a program called Pspice shell.  This is a shell
for use with freeware demo version of electrical engineering
software called Pspice (by MicroSim Corp of Irvine CA)

Since the PC version has a cheesy shell with their PSPICE and
the Mac user must juggle between a word processor and PSPICE,
this shell should eliminate much of that juggling and have
some unique features that PC shell does not offer (ie, Ram
switching that allows 750,000% speed improvement over the
PC version running on a Pentium! PC must stand for piece of
cra?. No flames Pleaze :)

I provide ample (I think) instructions in the program, so
I am not including a separate text file.

This program should be place in Science/Engineering section
next to Pspice.  I hope all users benefit from this program
and don't forget to send me $1,000,000,000,000 US dollars!

Mik Kim aka COKIM aka CKIM aka Juneau Kim aka ...

MikKim -- works forwards or backwards (and during vacations)

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/pspice-shell.hqx; 147K]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 12:37:53 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Realmz 1.5.1 => 1.5.2; an adventure game

Realmz is a shareware Fantasy Role Playing game.  I read that I was to send
an e-mail to this address or my upload would be ignored.  Here it is.  Is
there anything in particular that these notifications should include?

Tim Phillips
e-mail addr:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/realmz-151-to-152-updt.hqx; 126K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 20:05:34 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mik Kim)
Subject: [*] RootLocus Calculator belongs @ science/engineering.

This is a copy of Root Locus calculator for Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers (and other branches of science.) This
program calculate the gain, phase angle, and the location
of the current position. User may enter up to 1500 poles and
1500 zeroes and 1500 test points, although calculation
could take quite a while.

  It will also graph the particular Root Locus, given
a fast computer and human patience.  Hey,
I always get correct answers for my tough Root Locus
problems using this software and the cost to the user
is only $1,000,000,000,000 US dollars.  Wow, what a bargain!

Happy hunting (-:-)
Mik Kim aka COKIM aka CKIM aka Juneau Kim aka...
Mik Kim -- works forwards or backwards.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/root-locus.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 09:02:42 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Douglas E. Ivers)
Subject: [*] scripture-memory-13-hc; for memorizing Scripture verses

This HyperCard stack, an update to Scripture Memory 1.2, is best suited for
memorizing Scripture verses. It can also be used to memorize other texts such
as
poetry or speeches. You can type in anything you want to memorize. Seven
increasingly difficult quizzes challenge your memory skills. The stack keeps
track of your familiarity with each verse, and adjusts the quizzes
appropriately.

Shareware fee is $7.

This stack requires HyperCard 2.0 or later, or the HyperCard Player.

Version Information:  1.3 fixes all known bugs and adds a few new features.

Douglas E. Ivers
1027 Plantation Dr.
Cary, NC  27511-4334

[e-mail]
or [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/scripture-memory-13-hc.hqx; 217K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 10:00:58 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mark Edward Zimmerman)
Subject: [*] Shakespeare Stack - Henry VI Part I

Appended below, mailer willing, is the 141kB binhex'd self-extracting
archive file of "Henry VI, Part I - v.1.0", a HyperCard 2.x
Shakespeare Stack, containing the full text of the play, formatted and
edited and set up for your convenience in reading & analysis ... free
software under the GNU GPL, of course!

16 more plays to go --- will get to work on Henry VI, Part II next....

Best,  ^z  (Mark Zimmermann, [e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/henry-vi-10-pt1-hc.hqx; 139K]

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:52:53 +0100 (GMT+0100)
From: Henk den Bok <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] show1.02; a previews manager

This is the initial release of a new product which will help
you to organize your image libraries. Using the thumbnail
previews that are now commonly saved with digital images,
or by creating them with this program, you can create/arrange
image sets much like you would do with ordinary slides on
a backlit table. The image sets/sequences can be saved in
document files. The program interfaces with JPEGView for
opening or slide-showing the originals.

Henk W. den Bok ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/show-102.hqx; 185K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 23:14:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mac ICONtact Asst. System Manager and Internet Manager"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Simpsons sounds

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/simpsons-grp10.hqx; 778K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/simpsons-grp11.hqx; 276K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/simpsons-grp12.hqx; 492K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/simpsons-grp13.hqx; 201K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/simpsons-grp14.hqx; 505K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 14:24:57 -0700
From: [e-mail] (John M. Neil)
Subject: [*] SoftwareFPU 3.02; emulates a Floating Point Unit

  SoftwareFPU is a shareware Macintosh utility which allows applications
requiring a Floating Point Unit (FPU) to work on computers without one,
such as the IIsi, IIvi, LC series, Classic II & Color Classic series,
Performa series, Power Macintosh, and some models of PowerBook, PowerBook
Duo, and Quadra series.  Drop this control panel onto your System folder
and FPU applications that formerly crashed will begin working.
SoftwareFPU requires a 68020, 68030, 68LC040, or PowerPC processor.
SoftwareFPU is fully System 7.5 compatible.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/software-fpu-302.hqx; 92K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 10:18:08 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Synchronize! 3.2.6; a file synchronization utility

This is Synchronize! 3.2.6, a file synchronization utility.
As a way of introducing you to Synchronize!, you may use its basic
file synchronization and backup features FREE. Decompress this
Compact Pro archive and try it out. The many advanced features
of the program may be demonstrated with folders which contain
less than 400K. Unlimited use of the advanced features requires
the purchase of the program, which is $29.95, plus shipping.

As an example, you can use Synchronize! to connect to a remote
network with AppleTalk Remote Access, log on to a file server,
synchronize or backup some files, log off the file server, disconnect
ARA, and put a PowerBook to sleep or shut down your Mac. All this
can be scheduled to happen at night or at any preset time, once or
peridically, without anyone present.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/synchronize-326.hqx; 296K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 11:26:58 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Steve Fenwick)
Subject: [*] TacOps_Game_Update_0.0.1

Author: I.L. Holdridge
Computer: Macintosh
Needs: TacOps Game by Arsenal Publishing
Suggested keywords:  TACOPS WAR COMBAT ARSENAL

Enclosed in a self-extracting archive is a program and data file that will
update the TacOps game program version 0.0.0 to version 0.0.1. Corrects a
number of minor cosmetic items. Corrects a significant game play bug
involving use of artillery smoke. All TacOps owners should install this
update.

I.L. Holdridge, the author of TacOps, authorizes this update file to be
freely available for honest public exchange, to include Compact Disk
archives, as long as it is kept in its original installer form.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/tac-ops-001-updt.hqx; 228K]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/tac-ops-krempp-001-updt.hqx; 12K]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/tac-ops-photo-001-updt.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 14:29:55 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Teacher's Grading Program II 1.33

Teacher's Grading     Manage your student's grades quickly and easily.
Program II 1.33       Everything is organized into 3 simple worksheets.
              Point, click, and type!
              Unlimited number of students & assignments per class.
              Choose from 4 methods of computing final grades!
              8 different printouts including Home Notices!

John Lindal
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/teachers-grading-program-ii-133.hqx; 278K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 14:18:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Walker <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Text Editor Patches 1.5; extra features for some editors

TEP installs one-app patches.  Unlike INITs,
they don't use RAM except when using the patched app.

Patches include:
* A form of word wrap
* Add a Windows menu to any app, even the Finder
* Fix SimpleText 1.1 to save styles when you tell it to save
* Use the page up/down, forward delete keys in apps that don't handle them
* Type (), [], {} in matched pairs
* Same for $$, for TeX
* Common emacs keystrokes

1.5: New forward delete, TEClip; fixed windows.

Not compatible with PopUpFuncs.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/text-editor-patches-15.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 94 11:25:34 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#250/31-Oct-94

TidBITS#250/31-Oct-94

For Star Trek and virtual reality (well, QuickTime VR) fans out
   there, we review Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive
   Technical Manual. We also review Mac Control, a utility for
   preventing unauthorized changes to public Macs, and Mark
   Anbinder looks at PageNOW from Mark/Space Softworks along
   with the new TelePort Gold II modem from Global Village.
   Finally, the Power Mac 8100/110 appears, along with notes
   about free Internet initiatives.

Topics:
    MailBITS/31-Oct-94
    International Internet Initiatives
    The Gold Standard
    Page When? PageNOW!
    Macintosh File and Application Preservation: Mac Control
    Beam Up QuickTime VR
    Reviews/31-Oct-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-250.etx; 30K]

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 23:22:36 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Bas Meijer)
Subject: [*] Timer 2 update; a TIME CLOCK ALARM UTILITY

Dear Moderators, Editors, Distributors and others,

I am posting Timer version 2.0
This is an update to previous versions posted on the Net and
published on several shareware disks and CD's.

Timer is a clock in a window; you can set font, size and window position.
You can use Timer to notify you after a set interval or at a set time; the
message
you want will be displayed in an alert WHEN YOU want it; or Timer will beep or
flash
an icon. Settings can be saved to disk when you quit or shutdown.
Please include Timer in you Macintosh archives. I suggest you
put it in the Utilities folder or a Clocks folder if you have
one.

This software is SHAREWARE, permission is granted to distribute it
in whatever way you like (ftp, gopher, BBS, CD, disks etc.)
This includes commercial distributions such as cover disks of
magazines and shareware CD's.

Bas Meijer

[Archived as /info-mac/app/timer-20.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 02:45 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Translations available through DataViz MaclinkPC v. 8

FAQ - How do I convert from PC to Mac and Mac to PC?

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/maclink-pc-8-formats.txt; 5K]

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 16:23:37 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rand David)
Subject: [*] U-Tile+ 3-beta-1, a text- and list-editor

I am submitting a Macintosh programme, named "U-Tile+", version 3-beta-1,
of which I am the author. It is a text- and list-editor with a wide
variety of features and gimmicks. Here are a few:

 -- No limit on the number of documents which may be simultaneously
    (except of course RAM limitations).
 -- Text documents may be divided up into passages.
 -- Displaying line numbers in text documents.
 -- Verification of parentheses in text documents, including nesting of
    several different pairs such as (), [], {}, /\, etc.
 -- Implementation of list documents, used, for example, for word lists.
 -- Creating a list of all words in a given text document.
 -- Searching and replacing, in both text and list documents.
 -- Various window stacking and tiling options.
 -- The clipboard supports pictures as well as text, and may be printed.
 -- Drag and Drop for text (requires System 7.5).
 -- Implementation of several different alphabets, thus allowing one
    to configure the action of commands such as:
     * conversion to upper case,
     * conversion to lower case,
     * stripping diacritical marks,
     * searching, etc.

For a more complete introduction to U-Tile+, launch the programme
and choose "Help for U-Tile+" from the help menu near the top
right corner of the screen. Then choose the page "Principal Features"
by either mouse-clicking on the appropriate title or by typing the
letter "P" on your keyboard. Explore the other documentation pages
for further information.

Also available with French user-interface, under the name "Utile+".

U-Tile+ is shareware. If you use it for more than 30 days, please
register by sending CDN$25 to the author.

   David Rand
   Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/u-tile-plus-3b1.hqx; 438K]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 09:12:03 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Zack T. Smith)
Subject: [*] UltraShell is a utility that offers a command-line interface

UltraShell is a utility that offers a command-line interface to the
Macintosh file system and to System 7.

It is written from scratch and is designed to imitate the proverbial
"C Shell" of Un*x-style operating systems.  UltraShell permits you to
accomplish a wide variety of common tasks by typing them in rather than
navigating through a Finder(R) interface and GUI-based utility programs.
For complex operations, this is not only preferable, but necessary.

UltraShell, because it is a C Shell, is a powerful computer language unto
itself, and includes a variety of useful commands for data manipulation.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ultra-shell-1-demo.hqx; 106K]

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 11:17:22 +0000
From: [e-mail] (tom hawkins)
Subject: (Q) The elusive functional Lime demo

I keep seeing references to an 'almost fully functional' demo of the music
scoring and sequencing package Lime, whose only limitation is said to be a
maximum score length of two or three pages.

But every Lime demo I've ever found - including those currently on info-mac
and umich (v2.15) and unicorn.cerl.uiuc.edu (v2.28) - is strictly crippled
and won't save anything.

Is the functional version out there anywhere? does anyone have it? or was
it just a Mac myth? Any info posted here or emailed to me would be welcome.

Ta,
Tom  ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 20:29:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dieder Bylsma <[e-mail]>
Subject: [A] Floppy disk label removal

A trick that I use to remove labels off anything is to use Oil of
Eucalpytus which smells really really strongly (Menthol).

I have yet to see a label that does not surrender to this treatment. Only
problem is the residual smell of menthol, but it does go away. Plus it
clears your sinuses! :-)

Dieder
[e-mail]

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Date: 28 Oct 1994 23:11:05 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Glen Stewart)
Subject: [comp.sys.mac.digest] 100 new f

[e-mail]
107/10
> And... as always, our files are available on our AFS servers (this is the
> #1 best way to get at them) in the world-readable directory
> "/afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/mac" (provided, of course, that you
> have AFS software installed on your Unix machines)
>
> The number two preferred method is to gopher to
> "gopher.archive.umich.edu" and look under the "Software Archives"
> choice.

When I attempt to use Fetch to get on mac.archive.umich.edu, I get a message
that I'm not allowed to change directory to
/afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/mac.  Do I need to run some sort of AFS
variant
on my Mac (which uses PPP) to access your archives for FTP?

... Testify 3.6: How about a private meeting with God?  Pray!

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 10:59:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: "KEVIN FONS Q/T BPR X7814 <[e-mail]>" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] Epson MX-80 Printer

Is it possible to hook up an old Epson MX-80 printer to my Quadra?
If so, what would I need (Cable, print driver, etc) and where could I get the
stuff?

Kevin Fons <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 01:29:04 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] Some Sort of Post-It Note Shareware?

[e-mail] writes:

>After an afternoon of correcting 30 odd ClarisWorks quizzes on disk, I'm
>looking for some sort of Post-It Note type shareware that I could use to
>tack notes onto the students' files with.

Please define what kind of object the notes should be
and what the phrase "stack <object> onto students' files" means.

Sven

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 12:07:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Any PostScript wizards out there?

Any PostScript wizards out there?

I occasionally create line graphs in Excel, charting the behavior of
children I'm following on various behavior and/or medication programs.  I
then save the graph as a PostScript file, then upload and print to my
university's laser printer.  The problem is that I end up with six or seven
individual files to upload and manage, when I'd really like to have one
large(r) file to upload and print.  This is especially important if I use
fonts not found on the university printer, such as Adobe Minion.  Every
time I create a PostScript document, it saves the font, adding at least 60k
to the file size (depending on what variations of the font I use).  If I
have ten documents that use the exact same fonts, but have different
information, can I somehow combine the ten PS files into one PS file?  When
I look at the PS file with QUED/m, I see that the font information is what
takes up most of the file, not the actual information I want printed on the
page...

Any tips or suggestions concerning what to change, where to cut and paste,
etc. would be greatly appreciated!  I'm using Apple's LaserWriter driver
8.1.1 and the Digital Printserver 32 v48.3 PPD file, if that matters/helps.

Please reply via e-mail, and I'll summarize or forward on the answers
should anyone request such.

Robert Brockman, aka [e-mail]  or [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 18:58:19 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Scott Gruby)
Subject: Apollo 1.0 problems

>Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 09:28:41 +0100
>From: [e-mail] (Dr. Stefan P. Mueller)
>Subject: Apollo 1.0 problems [Q]
>
>I was just checking out Apollo 1.0 as an application launcher and default
>directory assignment utility. Unfortunately it seems to cause problems on
>my system (Quadra 700, System 7.1, all non-Apple extensions except Apollo
>and InterSLIP off). The computer crashes fairly regularly when Eudora or
>Turbogopher (through SLIP) are running and Apollo is used to launch another
>application. Likewise it doesn't seem to get along with MPW 3.3.
>
>Hasn't Apollo been around for a while and should be more stable? Do others
>have similar problems? Is it still supported by the programmer? It doesn't
>look like I am going to register it as it is. Any other ideas?
>
>Thank you very much
>
>Stefan
>

Apollo is one of the few programs that has always worked for me. I use it
to launch all my programs and haven't had problems with Eudora or
Turbogopher running. I ran it on my SE/30 for years and now on my Quadra
660AV running System 7.5. I haven't tried it with MPW, because I don't have
it.

You might want to trash your preferences and reinstall it...it might solve
the problems.

The author can be seen every now and again posting to newsgroups,
unfortunately I don't have his current email address. When I have sent him
email, he has responding very quickly. It is probably one of the most
useful programs on my computer...I use it 20-50 times a day without even
realizing it...definitely worth the price.

Scott Gruby
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 20:25:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Richard Lim <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleScript help sought

I'm trying to write a script to get the Scriptable Text Editor to
process a large file containing strings of text in three tab-
delimited columns. Trouble is, as a scripting tyro, I don't know
how to select text in a particular field, or read these fields
into a list so I can do operations on the entries. To be explicit,
I need to be able to select all the words in between tabs, compare
them as text strings (not individual words) and then move them
around. Is there any simple way to do this? All advice gratefully
received.

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 14:53:30 +0000
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleShare/ARA/Autoconnect (again) [Q]

Date    10/31/94
Subject AppleShare/ARA/Autoconnect
From    Elliot Bennett
To      Info- mac

 Subject   AppleShare/ARA/Autoconnect (again) [Q]                  31.10.1994

                                   2:39 PM
As many of you may know, if you use ARA to log onto a server, then create an
alias of either the server or anything on it AND you LOCK the alias, if you
dismount and shutdown ARA and double-click on the alias, ARA will
automatically start up the connection and log you onto to the server.  HOWEVER,
 unless you log in as GUEST, you have to enter a password (there is an option
in ARA to "save password" but it's only valid for the ARA connection- not the
AppleShare connection).

My problem: I need to be able to make the ARA/AppleShare connection WITHOUT
the password AND as a registered user.  I thought of using MountAlias (which
will mount a remote drive without your having to type in a password), but:
a) I only have version 1.0 and, for some reason, it no longer works (no matter
which folder I select in which the aliases are to be stored, it tells me that
that folder is invalid)
and
b) I'm not sure it will work with ARA even if it did work.

I've looked for a newer version but couldn't find one.  So, if anyone has an
idea how I can make an alias of a remote drive via ARA so that double-clicking
on the alias logs me into the server without having to enter a password for
either ARA or AppleShare, I would be most grateful...

MUCH TIA,
Elliot Bennett
Cologne, Germany
[e-mail]

P.S.- system is 7.1, hardware is Mac IIfx...

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 22:39:22 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Check Mag Number Readers (Q)

The supermarket has it, I want it for my Mac. I want to feed some ADB
gadget a check and have it read the magnetic numbers at the bottom of the
check (bank, account, check number, etc.).

Anyone know if such a beast exists for the Macintosh?

Assuming no one yet makes an ADB check reader, does anyone know of a source
for RS232 versions? I could build an interface box if my need became
greater.

Thanks way in advance.

Kee Nethery, Kagi Shareware, [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 94 21:38:42 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ClarisWorks Filing Module Boxes Solution

Contrary to what you think, it CAN be done!

In LAYOUT mode, simply select the fields you want boxes around, and then
choose the LINE THICKNESS tool on the tool pallette.  The default is for
NO line.  You can also change your line color.

keg

* [e-mail]   I've got plenty of opinions.  Just ask my wife! *

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 17:16:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Zaf <[e-mail]>
Subject: ColorIndicators

Hi! I was wondering if anyone knew of any macintosh software, preferable
PPC native that is capable of showing me the exact number of colors in a
picture (JPEG, GIF, TIFF etc.).  I know that jpeg view shows something
like "millions of colors" or "thousands" etc., but, does not show the
exact number.  I know that an IBM (or clone) is capable of displaying this
kind of information.  I just got off the line with Adobe Systems Tech
Support, and they say PhotoShop is incapable of this level of detailed
information regarding colors.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 16:26:06 +0000
From: Francis Knight <[e-mail]>
Subject: DeskTop Rebuild Fails (C)

In Info-Mac Digest V12 #134 and #138, Herb Kroemer ([e-mail])
reported

> Many of the icons on the startup volume of my hard disk (Mac IIfx; System
> 7.1;  SysUpdate 3.0) suddenly changed to generic icons. The main
> exceptions are icons of files belonging to applications that reside on a
> second volume (the hard disk is partitioned with SilverLining). Repeated
> attempts to rebuild the DeskTop by the standard Option-Command procedure
> did not restore the icons: The small desktop rebuild indicator window
> shows up only for a fraction of a second, and the two resulting DeskTop
> files (DB and DF) are miniscule (8K and 1K), compared to the hundreds of
> K previously.

I've been afflicted with the same irritating problem for some months now
(SE/30 & System 7.0 Tuned - NEC hard drive partitioned using MacPeak's
driver).

I've got a cluster of Internet-related aliases in a folder on the startup
partition, which I usually leave open on the desktop. At every startup,
their icons become generic, unless they are custom icons, or I force a
rebuild, which, for the startup partition,  shows the progress bar for a
fraction of a second as Herb observed. Liberal application of diagnostic
and repair tools has had no effect.

The Finder crashed a few days ago. Lo and behold, these icons were restored.
This holds true with emergency exits [cmd-opt-esc] too. It's not universal
joy, though; some 75% of my Control Panels remain stubbornly generic.

Another data point.


Francis K.



At a Mac Oasis Somewhere in Suburban Hertfordshire

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Date: 29 Oct 94 14:17:00 EST
From: "Abramson, Harry B" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disk label removal & APC UPS use in Philippines

Greetings fellow Mac-Persons

As an Info-Mac Digest e-mail subscriber, I have been lurking about for
nearly a year now, always reading, never posting, but occasionally
smirking to myself, "ha! I knew that" when a particularly easy question
is answered. (Sort of like watching Jeopardy)  But I just had to respond
to fellow-Virginian Al Bloom's query about removing disk label glue,
since I have already fought that same battle.

I'm a Government employee, meaning I have to try to do everything with
practically nothing, so I've done quite a bit of disk recycling over the
years.  I've had very good luck with a product called De-Solv-it,
manufactured by Orange-Sol, Inc., Chandler, AZ 85244.  I bought a two-
pack of 16 oz. bottles of the stuff several years ago at Price Club or
Sam's and still have about half a bottle left.  Al has the perfect use
for it, where the paper label has all been removed, but the glue remains.
De-Solv-it also works great on those price stickers that you pull off,
and they leave a gooey mess on the product you just bought.  It also
works well if you can only tear off the smooth top layer of a label,
leaving a rough layer of paper over the glue.  Just squirt some solvent
over the entire area and after it soaks for a bit, the whole thing can
easily be scraped off with a fingernail.  As an added bonus, it leaves a
not-too-unpleasant orange aroma.

On a totally unrelated topic, I have not seen any posts responding to a
recent request for info on using an American Power Conversion
uninterruptable power supply in the Philippines.  I buy these by the
hundreds--mostly the Back-UPS 400--for use in military communications
stations worldwide.  In the last two years we have not had a single
failure of an APC UPS unit, nor has there been a power-related failure of
any PC plugged into them.

The original poster did not say if she would be using her Mac on a 120 or
240V line, and I don't recall what the local power requirements are in
the Philippines, but it is important the UPS unit not only match the
local voltage, but also the frequency, especially if it will be used
somewhere like an overseas U.S. military base, where the voltage is often
converted to 120V, but the frequency remains at 50Hz, instead of the 60Hz
we use here.

We attempted to install some U.S. standard UPS units on a 120V, 50Hz line
and if I recall correctly, the technician said the UPS battery would not
charge properly. We replaced those with models rated for 120-240V, 50-
60Hz and they worked fine. I also have an APC unit at the office designed
for my Mac IIci, which matches its footprint and sits underneath the CPU.
Never a minute's problem with it. (and since I work on a military base,
it gets a lot of exercise from our frequent power outages)  Just don't
try to plug your laser printer into a small UPS unless its documentation
specifically states that it is alright to do so.  Hope this helps.

Harry Abramson  ([e-mail])
NISE East Detachment Norfolk

My opinions are mine alone.  I have no connection with Orange-Sol, Inc.
or with APC, and thanks to the BRAC Commission, my connection to the
Government is pretty tenuous, too

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 15:23:41 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Joshua Berman)
Subject: Disk Label Removal (A)

>Which begs the obvious question. Granted that lighter fluid is cheap and
>mostly effective in label removal. Is there a superior method for what
>I'd call problem labels like Apple's?

Personally, I rely on WD-40 for my adhesive removal chores.  It works
really well to remove the residue left behind from duct tape, new-car
window stickers, new-car registration stickers, etc...  However, I have not
used it extensively on floppies, so I'm not sure if there are any long-term
effects on the disk or its data.

Josh Berman
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont CA

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 21:34 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: EasyPlay Quicktime Viewer - where can I find it?

Greetings,
Thank you.  Someone did mail me a copy of EasyPlay 2.0.
BTW, I forgot to mention on my past post, my e-mailer can't handle more than
100k!
Happy Holloween.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 21:44:51 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken Larson)
Subject: Express Fax & Powertalk

Is there any way to set up Express Fax (from the express modem software) to
integrate with the Powertalk "universal mailbox" in System 7.5?


-Ken

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 09:21:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Rich Siegel)
Subject: grep wanted

BBEdit and BBEdit Lite provide a multi-file search with optional Grep
pattern matching. Freeware versions and commercial demos can be found
in /info-mac/text on mirrors of sumex.stanford.edu, and in /pub/bbsw/
on ftp.netcom.com, and in /pub/bbedit on world.std.com.

R.

Rich Siegel % [e-mail] % President & CEO, Bare Bones Software Inc.
--> For information about BBEdit, finger [e-mail] <--

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 13:00 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HTML to recognizable graphics format converter (Q)

Greetings,
I noticed while navigating the Web, that some images are neither jpeg nor gif,
but are loaded automatically with the html file.   Is there an html to gif,
jpeg, pict, and/or tiff converter that can be used as a helper application for
html files?   I'd like to be able to see the images that are stored  in html
format without dithering, and displayed at a larger size.
Does such a program exist?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 94 08:01:31 EST
From: "Dodge Johnson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #142

Is there some sort of reader that brings up Info-Mac Digest a topic at a time?

(I have looked for this but not found any recommendations.)I hope you get
this question all the time so that you have a canned answer.

Thanks -

Dodge
Dodge Johnson
Educational Consultant
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 08:25:14 -0600
From: [e-mail] (James Williams)
Subject: MacPPP Problems

Hello,
I have been using TCP/IP to connect to the local internet host and up until
very recently, it was working quite well for me.  For some reason however
in the past week, each time I startup the PB170, I am greeted by the cue
"MacPPP: Insufficient Memory!"

This appears to block the normal operation of PPP (not a big surprise) and
I am unable to locate the origin of the condition which causes this prompt.
At first it appeared to occur only when the Radius PowerView (SCSI
interface for an external monitor) was connected.  Lately however it has
taken to rearing its ugly warning regardless of the SCSI port.

In the interim I must revert back to the use of Z-Term.  This is not a  big
inconvenience, except that it too seems to be acting now up (version 0.9).
In order to begin the transfer of a file from the host to my PB170 the
command "sz -e filename" always worked.  Lately however it no longer works,
and no form of the "sz" command seems to work.  I either get an error
message, or the host sends the screen-viewable textual content of the file.
Any suggestions.

Thank you in advance.

Jim

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 16:14:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jonathan B. Kamien" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac security software?

Can some of you recommend security software for macs?  What we're looking
for is something that prevents unauthorized folks from booting or
accessing hard disks once the computer has been powered off at the end of
each day. TIA!

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 94 19:54:55 +0100
From: Matti Zemack <[e-mail]>
Subject: Megascreen update?

Hi!

I wrote here about two weeks ago about a clipbordutility I was looking
for, you all sent me lots of answers! Thanks!!!!

Anyway, here's my next problem:
I recently bought an old Mac SE together wit a 19-inch b/w screen.
It all worked fine under system 6.0.7.  But I had to upgrade to
system 7.1!  Now the Cdev for this screen doesn't really behave together
with sys 7.1.  After startup my Arrow (mouse-pointer) dissapears sometimes.
Not when anything special happens, just SOMETIMES. It comes back after a
while and then it dissapears again.
Has anybody heard of this?
Does anyone know a fix?
Info on the >Cdev:  Megascreen Control (vers. 2.0)
If you open this Cdev it is possible to get info about it. If I clicked
at a certain space in Cdev it gave me some info:
 Megascreen Control 1.0b5   written: Joe Silva
 copyright: 1987 MicroGraphics Images Corp.

Anybody know anything about Joe Silva, this company or just anything,
PLEASE let me know about it!

Thanks,
  '
  /Matti Zemack, Stockholm; Sweden (excuse my English, please)

 e-mail:  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 16:02:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: modems and WWW

You can use mosaic on a Mac to surf the WWW provided you also have
a SLIP connection via modem. Here in the US it is reasonably easy
to find commercial SLIP accounts. I recommend Adam Engst's Internet
Starter book; it explains SLIP and PPP as well or better than anyone else.

Stefano

p.s. mosaic is still shareware and can be found at major ftp sites
(e.g., net-dist.mit.edu)

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 18:25:28 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Modems and WWW (A)

>This may sound like a dumb question to most of you but
>can I access the internet using WWW from a modem-based connection?

If you can get a SLIP or PPP connection via your modem then you can use WWW
browsers. Best advise I can offer for WWW browsing through a modem pipe is
to turn off the auto loading of images. Browse text pages and if
appropriate, load the images manually (by telling the software to load the
images).

>Until now, I have always understood that unless I had some direct
>connection with the internet via Ethernet, WWW is not possible.

Direct has different meanings but in this case, you need a connection that
lets your Mac be a member on the internet. SLIP or PPP will do it as will
some software "The Internet Adapter" that goes through a Unix shell
account.

>I finally got the hang of using ftp and telnet, but a Web-browser,
>I don't even know what it is. Can someone point me to where I
>might get more information. I keep reading articles on it here in
>the digest, but its like coming into the middle of movie, and you
>just don't know what is going on.

Look for software with names like MacWeb or Mosaic or NetScape and grab a
copy of their Mac versions. You are in for a treat. WWW is way cool. Maybe
someone else can point you to FTP sites for these WWW browsers.

Kee Nethery

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 18:25:36 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: NFS Mounting from the Mac (A)

>We are currently upgrading our network and will soon be adding many of
>our macs to the ethernet.  During this process, we will be eliminating the
>current fileserver (Alisashare on our VAX), and would like to replace it
>with something comparable that can run on or utilize our SUNs.

I know several sites that chose to run Helios EtherShare on their Suns.
Does the same thing as AlisaShare, makes the server into an AFP server.
IMHO, from an administrative viewpoint, it is much easier to manage
installs and upgrades on one software package on your server than to manage
installs and upgrades to software on every single Mac at your site.

Kee Nethery

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 09:13:01 +0000
From: A.D'[e-mail] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: Pagemaker - Problems with Importing graphs from Cricket Graph for a
Poster (Q)

We have just been preparing a poster for a conference using Pagemaker. We
have a number of graphs which we tried to import as both PICT and
postscript files. However strange things seem to happen to the text on the
graphs and it becomes rearranged. We could not figure out what was going on
and in the end had to print the graphs from Cricket Graph (1.5) and stick
them onto the poster. So much for technology. Anyone have any ideas about
what the problem is. I suspect it may be a problem with fonts. The machine
that I am actually using Pagemaker on is in another lab that does not have
any Truetype fonts installed. The machine that we are creating the graphs
on are on my Mac which has the whole set of ps and Truetype fonts and we
may be using Trutype (I am not sure how you can actually control which type
of fonts are used on a garph, is it possible to just use PS?).

Tony D'Emanuele

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 94 16:05:14 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Maxwell Miller)
Subject: Powerbook 520c Utilities (Questions)

I am looking for a shareware or commercial utilities for the following:

1. Allow me to assign keystrokes to the F1-F12 function keys on my powerbook.
(e.g. eject disk, show clipboard) Hopefully something smaller than Quick-keys.

2. Is there a stable FPU emulator available? Are there any third party
upgrades available to the 520c CPU that include the FPU?

3. Has anyone used Clipfolio, the multiple clipboard utility. Is it
fairly bug-free?

Thanks in Advance,

Max Miller
LGA, Inc.
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 10:02:32 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: PPP and Linelink

>Anyone out there use PPP with their Linelink?  I am having problems getting
>the proper INIT string.  I do NOT have a hardware handshaking cable.

Yep, it works great. By all means, get a hardware handshaking cable, or
you're hosed, at least for running at any speed. My init string won't work
without one, I think.

Bryan Walls                             My words are not NASA policy.
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 15:10:41 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Free Willy!)
Subject: PPP and Linelink

The string AT&F&C1 works for me with PPP and a Linelink.

Brent

Brent Seddelmeyer
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 17:42:08 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Ulf Dittmer)
Subject: Quadra 840 AV without sound ?

Dear netters,

I have experienced a strange thing concerning our 840 AV.
When we got it, we would get no sound from it. After trying
some things, one day it played sound and now, you guessed it,
it again stopped doing so. I made sure that the volume is not
zero, that the warning sound volume is not zero and that the
output frequency is set to 22kHz, all to no avail. Has anyone
ever seen this or can provide some clues what we could check else ?

Many thanks in advance.

Greetings,      Ulf
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 20:50:15 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: QuickDrawGX and Printing Problems ...

Hi MacUsers,
I have a LCIII, 8mb ram and I upgraded to Mac Sys 7.5. I did not install power
talk as I have only 8mb ram. I had numerous system errors, when I subsequently
upgraded to WordPerfect 3.1 and windows 6.0. The printing with wp is just awful
as I have to close everything down before printing. I get plenty not enough
memory errors prior to closing down. I can get it to print without quickdraw
but then why upgrade if you can not use it ??

I have a stylewriter 1.
Any suggestions ???
1. Should I use virtual memory with stacker?and disk doubler.
2. Which extensions should I definitely avoid with quickdraw??

TIA
Albert
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 08:31:18 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: re Disk Label Removal (Q)

> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 20:53:51 EDT
> From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Disk Label Removal (Q)

One of the primary (if not the *only*) ingredient(s) of lighter fluid - as
well as the spot remover "Energine" - is naphtha, used primarily as a
degreasing solvent and paint thinner.  I recently bought a gallon of it,
at a lumber yard, for $7.19, plus tax.  Lighter fluid can easily run you a
buck or more for four ounces.

By wetting the labels thoroughly, and then stacking a group of disks
together to retard solvent evaporation, the labels come off fairly well.

Of course, good ventilation and avoidance of flame sources is a must.

I do think that one should be very careful to keep the solvent away from
the disk shutters, as the stuff *could* be anathema (ahem) to the magnetic
coating and/or the substrate of the floppy itself.

Traci J. Ingram

[e-mail]     | or |     [e-mail]

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Date: 30 Oct 1994 20:12:54 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Aaron Block)
Subject: REQUEST: Terminal emulation program for Newton

Does anyone know where I could find a terminal emulation program for the
newton?

I just got one and I would like to be ablt to check my email anywhere.

And no i do not want to use netwonmail :)

Aaron

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Date: 28 Oct 94 16:07 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Octavian Micro, Bernhard Wieser,CAS)
Subject: UUTool & 7.5

Please post this to mac-digest.

--- WARNING ---

Versions of UUTool before version 2.3.4 will crash under system 7.5.
An update will be available soon.

Bernie Wieser
Octavian Micro Development


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Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 23:45:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Dwight K. Lemke" <[e-mail]>
Subject: X-bar font

Does anyone know of a good SW/PD TT font that contains the symbol for the
arithmatic mean: x with a bar over it?  I have the fomula code stored in
a Word glossary, but would prefer a font.

Thanks!

-Dwight

--
|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>| Dwight Lemke <[e-mail]>

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Help !!!.

I'm new to the MAC world, got a few questions that I like to get answers on.

1.  Has anybody ever heard of a "QuicKor Design Lab" Monitor.  Its 21" and
    looks and feel just like a Mac Monitor, can't seems to locate the right
    graphics card for it on a MAC-IIci system.

2.  What is a IIci system with two high resolution graphics card, radius
    direct color/GX and Apple High Resolution Graphics card, and a 33 MHz
    CPU Accelerator card, 40 mb and 8mb or ram worth ???.

Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Please send reply to my e-mail address directly.  "[e-mail]".

Edward Tsai
Netcom Engineering
2562 Luciernaga Street
Carlsbad, Ca 92009
[phone]
Fax:  [phone]

E-Mail:  [e-mail]

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